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File list ordered differently in File Open dialog and in Finder

Submitted by Rup on August 23, 2008 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

I like naming some of my folders starting with a "•" on my French Mac OS X system : this puts them up at the top of the list in the Finder (as in Image 1).

But when I open a File/Open or File/Save dialog in any application, the list is ordered differently, as in Image 2 : the folders starting with "•" are at the end of the list instead of the beginning !

Fix your sorting code !

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Discussion (3 comments)

erifneerg wrote on September 15, 2008, 7:07am

I know itunes has this same sorting 'issue' where it places letters above numbers/etc. might be connected.

DasOMiCRON wrote on September 20, 2008, 6:14pm

SORRY BUT THIS IS DUE TO AN ASCII ORDER AND NOT BECAUSE OF MISS ORDERING FILES.

Rup wrote on September 22, 2008, 6:53am

Yes, I am sure that you are right : in one case ordering is ASCII-based, and in the other it may be UTF8-based.
The problem is that the sorting is not constant thoughout MacOS X, let alone the Finder alone !

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